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Borders May Be Dead, But e-Reader Kobo Is Still Alive And Kicking

Ludwig — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:11:11 +0000

I am old enough to remember when going into a chain store like Borders and picking out books physically was something one did to save time. Plus, as any bookworm will tell you, rifling through bookstore shelves for buried treasure and asking knowledgable employees about their reading recommendations was an oddly exciting feeling, even at a franchise. Sometimes (in my unemployed writer days) I used to go to the nearest Borders and sit on the floor and open a book, and just read all day until I finished, like it was a library. [......]

A Parents’ Guide to Facebook Released

Ludwig — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:00:41 +0000

Worried your teenager might be misusing Facebook and sharing too much information with the world? ConnectSafely.org and the iKeepSafe Coalition want to help and have jointly released "A Parents' Guide to Facebook," a 35-page booklet and online resource designed to help parents show their teens how to optimize their privacy and safety on the world's largest social networking site[......]

New Site "Hunch" Wants to Know All About You

Ludwig — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:04:03 +0000

Hunch is a newly relaunched site that aims to offer users a personalized list of recommendations based on a brief questionnaire. Users log in with their Facebook or Twitter account, then answer around 20 questions to evaluate the user's tastes. [......]

Australian ISPs to Quarantine Infected PCs from the Internet

Ludwig — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:21:43 +0000

Australians who plan to traverse the Web better make sure they have antivirus and firewall software installed on their PCs, because if they don't, they risk being cut off from the Internet. And if they do manage to get an infection, they can expect their ISPs to disconnect service until they can prove a clean bill of health. These recommendations come as part of a new plan being kicked around Australia's House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications[......]

Latest HTML5 working draft published despite claims of ‘sabotage’

Ludwig — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:01:20 +0000

By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Should the next version of HTML, the Web standard that embodies how pages are laid out and constructed, include explicit specifications for inline, 2D dynamic graphics? There's valid arguments on both sides. [......]

FCC inquiry into Google, T-Mobile early termination fees for Nexus One, among others

Ludwig — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:01:31 +0000

By Tim Conneally , Betanews In the last weeks of 2009, the Federal Communications Commission began a probe into Verizon Wireless' hiked early termination fees for "advanced wireless devices." The FCC was not exactly satisfied by Verizon Wireless' explanation of the fees, and said its inquiry would continue . Today, the next stage of the investigation into early termination fees has begun. [......]